Rutaceae. 
‘*That this variety is specifically distinet from P. sapotaefolia is pretty evident.”’ 
He goes on saying: ‘‘One old capsule was found on the tree, but unfortunately 
it dropped to the ground and could not be found in the dense tangle of ferns 
and weeds which were growing at the foot of the tree. * * * From what I 
recollect of it, it was entirely too deeply lobed to belong to the same section as 
P. sapotaefolia.’’ 
Unfortunately the writer has not collected the species, having only little ex- 
plored the forests of Kealia or Hanalei. However, there seems to be evident 
proof that the true species P. sapotaefolia has not cuboid but deeply-grooved or 
lobed capsules. The variety may be deseribed as follows. 
Var. dumosa Rock var. nov. 
Shrubby, with rather stout branches, sorb smaller than in the species, whorled, 
ovate seed or slightly spathulate, attenuated at the base, rounded or emarginate at the 
apex, gla — above, villous underneath especially on the rachel the petioles of the 
young leav fe ety see shorter than in the species about m; flowers as in 
the species, a ules 18 mm in diameter, deeply 4-parted to more oe half the length of 
the cocci, strongly marked with concentric wrinkles; endocarp glabrous. 
This variety was collected by the writer on the summit of Mt. Waialeale, Kauai, 
at an elevation of 5200 feet, flowering and fruiting September 24, 1909. The 
_ type is numbered 4974 in the College of Hawaii Herbarium 
It is very unlikely that the variety y» procumbens Hillebrand, is in reality a 
variety of P. sapotaefolia, and until better material is at hand nothing can be 
done towards solving the question. The writer collected specimens of a pro- 
cumbent Pelea on Waialeale (no. 8854) without fruits, which seems to answer 
the deseription of Hillebrand’s variety y procumbens, but in the writer’s mind 
could not be associated with P. sapotaefolia. 
Pelea Waialealae Wawra. 
Anonia or Alaniwai. 
P bray ageing awra in Flora (1873) 108;—Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 63;— 
Heller Pl. Haw. tel odds 841.—Evodia Waisleaiae ‘Drake, Del Cast. TI. FL. Ins. 
Mar. jks VI. (1890) 1 
A shrub or tree; leaves fs Shain lanceolate, 5 to 8 em long, 1 to 3 em wide, ac 
narrowing at the base into argined petiole sl Ms to 8 mm, coriaceous, ise : ered 
underneath with minute dot aati wit th prominent Goins and niars , marginal nerve 
close to the edge; flowers faccivatute shortly S giaike d, pedicels bibracteolate near the 
base and puberulous; male flowers: sepals broader — = - mm, rou ta 
wh i 
le fili tigma 4 lobe 
1 n dia r, glabrous, strongly aod ysl parted, thin chartaccous, the cocci 
globose, ‘keeled ake the sutures, endocarp glabrous, shining, ‘seeds angular, black shining. 
Wawra says in his description: ‘‘Male flowers much smaller than the femate 
flowers,’’ a statement which the writer finds to be the reverse. In fact, nearly 
all species of Pelea have the male flowers larger than the female flowers. 
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